Google's Proposal to Power the US with Renewable Energy by 2030

While Al Gore is campaigning for the complete independence from fossil fuel for electricity within 10 years' time, search engine giant Google made its own analysis and drafted a proposal based on it.

While Al Gore is campaigning for the complete independence from fossil fuel for electricity within 10 years' time, search engine giant Google made its own analysis and drafted a proposal based on it. According to Google, it's possible to wean the USA off of coal-based energy and even reduce oil used for cars by 40 percent come 2030. First on Google's to-do list is using energy efficient technologies. This includes imposing more stringent building codes and efficiency standards as well as the usage of smart meters and monitoring electricity consumption in real time.

Google is also actively working on developing renewable energies cheaper than coal. In fact, the company has already invested $45 million for this initiative. Just recently, $10 million of that $45 million total investment went to geothermal energy and another $5 million on a Cali wind energy startup company. Finally, Google is encouraging further development of electric vehicles as well as making headway into the creation of a "smart grid" by partnering with GE.